Falcon 9
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SpaceX's reusable orbital rocket now handling GPS and national security payloads formerly assigned to Vulcan
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
SpaceX's $1 trillion IPO places a bet that commercial space ventures beyond government contracts—asteroid mining, lunar resource extraction, orbital data centers—are economically viable, despite expert skepticism about profitability.
Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever
Blue Origin's first New Glenn booster reuse proves the viability of reusable heavy-lift launch systems, undercutting SpaceX's cost advantage and enabling NASA's lunar missions.
A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend
Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket debuts with AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite, bringing direct 4G/5G cellular broadband competition to SpaceX's dominant Starlink constellation.
Space Force looks at moving "significant number" of launches from ULA to SpaceX
Space Force is shifting GPS satellite launches from ULA to SpaceX following a booster failure, prioritizing deployment speed over maintaining dual launch industrial capacity for critical military operations.
Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless
Orbital is pursuing a 10,000-satellite constellation for distributed AI inference despite the CEO admitting current launch economics are unviable, betting on a 700x cost reduction from SpaceX.